Nicaragua presents the first case in which plurinationalism in a country became legislated and
regional autonomy was granted to the inhabitants of the Atlantic coast. By using content analysis
and interviews, this paper explores the social representations of national identity in advertising
campaigns used by both the private and public sectors in Nicaragua. I argue that both sectors
work as intermediaries that continue to reinforce the dominant expression of "Nicaraguanidad"
as merely that of the Pacific coast. This position is founded on the assumption that national
identity is constructed and deconstructed discursively through means of socialization. Although
Nicaragua was the first country to grant regional autonomy to a region, findings showed that the
discourse on national identity presented in promotional campaigns by both the private and
public sectors has not been successfully transformed to represent Nicaragua as a plurinational
state. This paper concludes that these representations of “Nicaraguaness” contribute to the
maintenance of a predominantly Pacific national identity discourse.

This project aims to critically examine European classical music, drawing from social, historical, and cultural factors that have driven its conception, growth, exceptionalization, and prevalent affect. Why are certain texts the way they are? What were people thinking about, talking about, doing, in a particular moment? How do all these things leave traces in the text?I argue that the history of classical music can illuminate how white supremacy evolved into the gravitational force it is today. Moreover, this study seeks to articulate how mass participation in classical orchestras effects one’s sense of self.

Greek nationalism emerging out of the Enlightenment stressed the primordial belief that Modern Greeks are the descendents of the Ancient Greeks. This type of nationalism was exclusionary and repressive towards foreigners, yet is pervasive in contemporary Greek immigration policy. Greek immigration is incredibly important today because in 2010 alone, 90 percent of detected illegal immigrants in the European Union entered through Greece, a large percentage of these being Muslim immigrants. In this paper I contend that political rights must be granted to Muslim immigrants that call Greece their home, for ethnocultural differences should not preclude political, economic or social integration. Individual characteristics of the members of the community should not determine whether they are worthy of political rights or not. Terms for immigrants should rather be defined in political and institutional terms rather than in ethnic and cultural; only though recognizing the ability for Muslims to participate in the political and economic life of the Greek state can peaceful coexistence materialize. This paper, thus, is particularly significant because it exposes the Greek path dependency on a flawed immigration policy and suggests ways for reconciling national identity in an era of mass migration.

This project aims to critically examine European classical music, drawing from social, historical, and cultural factors that have driven its conception, growth, exceptionalization, and prevalent affect. Why are certain texts the way they are? What were people thinking about, talking about, doing, in a particular moment? How do all these things leave traces in the text? and I argue that the history of classical music can illuminate how white supremacy evolved into the gravitational force it is today. Moreover, this study seeks to articulate how mass participation in classical orchestras effects one’s sense of self.